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Rivista | Il Tolomeo
Fascicolo monografico | 22 | 2020
Articolo | Les catastrophes naturelles dans les romans caribéens d’expression française

Les catastrophes naturelles dans les romans caribéens d’expression française

Abstract

The notion of ‘disaster’ pervades the Caribbean thought. The common origin of the Caribbean region, the European colonization, caused two disasters: the extermination of Native Americans and the deportation of African slaves. The union between nature and the oppressed people against the oppressor resulted in the creation of an environmental conscience that the Caribbean literature has often expressed. This essay will investigate the common points shared by some Haitian, Martinican and Guadeloupean authors in the writing of natural hazards. It will show that, despite the diversity that marks the Caribbean, there is a repetition of common features that proves its geopoetic unity.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 30 Luglio 2020 | Accettato: 09 Settembre 2020 | Pubblicato 22 Dicembre 2020 | Lingua: fr

Keywords French-Caribbean LiteratureDisaster literatureEcoliteratureHaitian LiteratureNatural disasters


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